Comments on: World War II: Second Atomic Bomb That Ended the War http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:16:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sophie http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-136178 Sophie Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:48:54 +0000 #comment-136178 -sigh- The Atomic Bomb. Difficult to tell whether it was a good or bad creation. Yes, it did end World War II, but it killed hundreds of thousands of people in the proccess. Not only that, but since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there have been mass amounts of death, destruction, and national controversey over these bombs. But, who knows how long it would have taken for World War II to have ended without the Atomic Bomb. Some questions just can't really be answered. -sigh-
The Atomic Bomb. Difficult to tell whether it was a good or bad creation. Yes, it did end World War II, but it killed hundreds of thousands of people in the proccess. Not only that, but since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there have been mass amounts of death, destruction, and national controversey over these bombs. But, who knows how long it would have taken for World War II to have ended without the Atomic Bomb. Some questions just can’t really be answered.

]]> By: Stewart Peterson http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-76638 Stewart Peterson Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:51:44 +0000 #comment-76638 mandy & julessss: To prove we had a second one. Japan had tried to build an A-bomb during the war and failed, and the people in charge of that program had pointed out after Hiroshima something to the effect that building these bombs was so difficult that the Americans probably didn't have another one. Indeed, we didn't have another one of the type that was dropped on Hiroshima--if we hadn't built Fat Man, the subsequent Allied demand that Japan surrender would have been pointless. Why would they surrender if we had no means to inflict further damage? mandy & julessss:

To prove we had a second one. Japan had tried to build an A-bomb during the war and failed, and the people in charge of that program had pointed out after Hiroshima something to the effect that building these bombs was so difficult that the Americans probably didn’t have another one. Indeed, we didn’t have another one of the type that was dropped on Hiroshima–if we hadn’t built Fat Man, the subsequent Allied demand that Japan surrender would have been pointless. Why would they surrender if we had no means to inflict further damage?

]]> By: julessss http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-73767 julessss Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:06:43 +0000 #comment-73767 I have a question very similar to mandy's. Why would they threaten to use the second atomic bomb, instead of using the eliment of surprise? I have a question very similar to mandy’s.
Why would they threaten to use the second atomic bomb, instead of using the eliment of surprise?

]]> By: Atom Bomb WTF! « Suckcess http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-73410 Atom Bomb WTF! « Suckcess Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:31:21 +0000 #comment-73410 [...] lives got transformed (hmm..) forever…. How it helped?? For starters, it brought the war to a rapid conclusion (has untill today prevented another one from happening), established the US as the International [...] [...] lives got transformed (hmm..) forever…. How it helped?? For starters, it brought the war to a rapid conclusion (has untill today prevented another one from happening), established the US as the International [...]

]]> By: mandy http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9150 mandy Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:26:11 +0000 #comment-9150 Why do they want to use the 2nd atomic bomb after they;ve used the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima; little boy. Why do they want to use the 2nd atomic bomb after they;ve used the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima; little boy.

]]> By: Brian Howard http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5041 Brian Howard Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:45:32 +0000 #comment-5041 There appears a slight error in reporting that the plutonium bomb was armed while enroute to Nagasaki. According to Maj. Charles Sweeney, the Mission Commander, in his book, "The End of the War," the complex fusing of that bomb required that it be "live" even while being loaded into "Bock's Car." Thus, Tinian and all inhabitants were fully invested in a successful mission takeoff. There appears a slight error in reporting that the plutonium bomb was armed while enroute to Nagasaki. According to Maj. Charles Sweeney, the Mission Commander, in his book, “The End of the War,” the complex fusing of that bomb required that it be “live” even while being loaded into “Bock’s Car.” Thus, Tinian and all inhabitants were fully invested in a successful mission takeoff.

]]> By: The Two Malcontents » Hiroshima–August 6th, 1945 http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4631 The Two Malcontents » Hiroshima–August 6th, 1945 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:07:59 +0000 #comment-4631 [...] By C.V. Glines [...] [...] By C.V. Glines [...]

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